There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Scalea by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, night train, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport, train
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane DUS - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
8h 33m€110–309Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Naples Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane CGN - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
9h€104–349Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuovatrain 89
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain Fr
19h 13m€334–738Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Firenze to Romabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Scaleabus
29h 9m€121–233Drive 1,860 km
- Drive from Essen to Scaleacar 1,860 km
17h 3m€288–416Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane DUS - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
7h 11m€111–280Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane DUS - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragolatrain
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
9h 28m€142–359Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane CGN - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragolatrain
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
10h 1m€136–379Train, night train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Bolzano Bozennighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain Fr
23h 43m€271–598Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zurigo to Cosenzabus
- Take the bus from Cosenza Autostazione to Scalea - Parco Dei Principibus 7
35h 40mDrive, car train
- Drive from Essen to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Scaleacar
22h 43m€316–449
Essen to Scalea by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Scalea is to bus which costs €120 - €240 and takes 29h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Scalea is to fly and train which takes 7h 11m and costs €110 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Scalea. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Scalea via Firenze and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 9m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Scalea. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Scalea-S.Domen.Talao via München Hbf and Verona Porta Nuova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 13m.
The distance between Essen and Scalea is 1544 km. The road distance is 1860 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Scalea without a car is to train which takes 19h 13m and costs €330 - €750.
It takes approximately 8h 33m to get from Essen to Scalea, including transfers.
Essen to Scalea bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to Scalea train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Scalea is to train which takes 19h 13m and costs €330 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €240 and takes 29h 9m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Scalea, Italy?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao via München Hbf and Verona Porta Nuova in around 19h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Scalea via Firenze and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 29h 9m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Firenze to Roma
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Firenze to Roma
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Zurigo to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Firenze to Roma
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 0973 22943
- info@roccobus.it
- Website
- roccobus.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Scalea
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Schedules at
- roccobus.it
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +39 0984 413001
- info@autoservizipreite.it
- Website
- autoservizipreite.it
Bus from Cosenza Autostazione to Scalea - Parco Dei Principi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- autoservizipreite.com
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Essen to Scalea bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Essen to Scalea train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
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